A Novel FPGA Architecture and an Integrated Framework of CAD Tools for Implementing Applications
| Autor: | H. Pournara, G. Koutroumpezis, Nikolaos Vassiliadis, Konstantinos Tatas, V. Kalenteridis, Konstantinos Siozios, Stilianos Siskos, Antonios Thanailakis, Ilias Pappas, Spiridon Nikolaidis, Dimitrios Soudris |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
Computer science Logic block Circuit design Control reconfiguration CMOS Computer architecture Artificial Intelligence Hardware and Architecture Gate array Fpga architecture Embedded system VHDL Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Electrical and Electronic Engineering Field-programmable gate array business computer Software Hardware_LOGICDESIGN computer.programming_language FPGA prototype |
| Zdroj: | IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems. :1369-1380 |
| ISSN: | 1745-1361 0916-8532 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ietisy/e88-d.7.1369 |
| Popis: | A complete system for the implementation of digital logic in a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) platform is introduced. The novel power-efficient FPGA architecture was designed and simulated in STM 0.18 μm CMOS technology. The detailed design and circuit characteristics of the Configurable Logic Block, the interconnection network, the switch box and the connection box were determined and evaluated in terms of energy, delay and area. A number of circuit-level low-power techniques were employed because power consumption was the primary concern. Additionally, a complete tool framework for the implementation of digital logic circuits in FPGA platforms is introduced. Having as input VHDL description of an application, the framework derives the reconfiguration bitstream of FPGA. The framework consists of: i) non-modified academic tools, ii) modified academic tools and iii) new tools. Furthermore, the framework can support a variety of FPGA architectures. Qualitative and quantitative comparisons with existing academic and commercial architectures and tools are provided, yielding promising results. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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